Tsuchinshan-atlas

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  1. 1
    C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS), a comet visible to the naked eye in 2024.

    "Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, like all comets, is a frozen chunk of leftover material from the birth of the solar system. The comet begins to melt as it nears the sun, causing the ball of ice to sprout a diffuse tail."

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"Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, like all comets, is a frozen chunk of leftover material from the birth of the solar system. The comet begins to melt as it nears the sun, causing the ball of ice to sprout a diffuse tail."

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February 2023, from Tsuchinshan + ATLAS, names of two observatories that observed the comet.

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